Windows 10: Takeown failing to own folder.

Discus and support Takeown failing to own folder. in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; So I have this old account that I don't use on my local drive C: and want to delete it.But I can't because I don't have permission. I used the takeown... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by TheAmpPlayer, Jan 17, 2022.

  1. THEAMPPLAYER
    TheAmpPlayer Win User

    Takeown failing to own folder.


    So I have this old account that I don't use on my local drive C: and want to delete it.But I can't because I don't have permission. I used the takeown command with cmd.Cmd running as Administrator and using the command: takeown /f <folder> /r /d yThe error I get is "INFO: Access is denied. "C:Users\*\folderIt would be really helpful if I could delete the folder.

    :)
     
    TheAmpPlayer, Jan 17, 2022
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  2. OLI_RAMSAY
    oli_ramsay Win User

    Trouble deleting a folder

    Thanks for the suggestion but it says "delete folder failed for E:\....." for each folder I try.

    *Confused Takeown failing to own folder. :confused:

    Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well Takeown failing to own folder. :eek:hwell:
     
    oli_ramsay, Jan 17, 2022
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  3. PISCOPOGIUSEPPE
    PiscopoGiuseppe Win User
    Folder Permissions not working on some folders

    As found in this ServerFault answer, try with the following steps to change ownership and permission on many files and folders in one batch from command line:

    • Open a Command Prompt "As Administrator"
    • Run the following commands:

    takeown /f YourDrive:\YourFolder /r /d y

    icacls YourDrive:\YourFolder /grant administrators:F /T

    HTH
     
    PiscopoGiuseppe, Jan 17, 2022
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  4. ENSO
    enso Win User

    Takeown failing to own folder.

    Quick Access not searching Pictures folder

    Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

    • I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.


    • Since there were no troubleshooting steps for this scenario, just for the heck of it, I ran through the restore steps. Copied some pictures into the Pictures folder, ran a Quick Access search and initial problem remains: Searching all of QA doesn't find any files in Pictures folder, running search on just the Pictures folder does. I want to run a global search and find matching files in any/all of the Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures folders.
    That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date. I hope it didn't create potential future problems in my registry.

    Bottom line: I'm still looking for a fix.
     
    enso, Jan 17, 2022
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